DENVER — With the demand for anti-obesity drugs continuing to soar and the provision of supportive care that is essential with their use lacking, the need for professional, highly skilled practices specializing in obesity medicine has never been higher, said an expert offering key recommendations for launching such a practice at the Obesity Medicine 2024…
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Activated T cells that carry a certain marker protein on their surface are controlled by natural killer (NK) cells, another cell type of the immune system. In this way, the body presumably curbs destructive immune reactions. Researchers from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the University Medical Center Mannheim (UMM)…
Serious mental illness (SMI), including bipolar disorder or schizophrenia spectrum disorders, is associated with a twofold increased risk for comorbid physical illness, results of a new meta-analysis showed. “Although treatment of physical and mental health remains siloed in many health services globally, the high prevalence of physical multimorbidity attests to the urgent need for integrated…
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Micrograph showing inflammation of the large bowel in a case of inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 Inulin, a type of fiber found in certain plant-based foods and fiber supplements, causes inflammation in the gut and exacerbates inflammatory bowel disease in a preclinical model, according to a new study by Weill Cornell…
LONG BEACH, California — An experimental new gene therapy has specialists questioning whether heart vessel growth to restore blood flow could actually be possible in refractory angina after bypass surgery. “These patients by definition have exhausted all medical and surgical options in terms of revascularization,” reported lead study investigator Kenta Nakamura, MD, an interventional cardiologist…
Antidepressant medication use is not associated with long-term cognitive decline, brain atrophy, or dementia risk, according to results from a prospective cohort study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Although antidepressants are used widely and have become more frequently used among older adults, the long-term effects of antidepressant use on cognition and dementia remain uncertain. To…
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Non-enzymatic production of diindoles. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46559-3 Researchers at the University of Toronto have found naturally occurring compounds in the gut that can be harnessed to reduce inflammation and other symptoms of digestive issues. This can be achieved by binding the compounds to an important, but poorly understood, nuclear receptor. The gut…
